1Guns, such as the Chinese made semi-automatic version of the AK-47 alongside other replicas, are being widely advertised for sale in New Zealand sporting magazines. Now the Government is moving to stamp out the trade amid fears that gangs and other criminals could get access to weapons which have been used by terrorist groups around the world.

2The Government is considering changing the law to allow police to tear down fortifications around gang headquarters.

3Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer denies Opposition claims that the Government is interfering with the new State owned corporations, amid allegations that Treasury is trying to force the Coal Corporation into mainly open cast mining.

4It has been revealed that five Royal cousins were admitted to the same psychiatric hospital on the same day more than forty years ago. Two of the five women are nieces of the Queen Mother.

5Salvage teams are currently trying to raise the British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise which sank of the Belgian coast. Meanwhile, a report released today suggests warnings that something was wrong five minutes before the sinking were not taken seriously enough.

6Rescue workers continue to search for victims of a spectacular bridge collapse in New York State.

7Thousands of New Zealanders are taking prescription drugs which pharmaceutical manufacturers say could be the subject of urgent investigations. An international drug company has launched a major court battle against the New Zealand Health Department over the issue of how drugs are approved for use in New Zealand.

8Voting has begun in Fiji's elections. Interest centres on how well the new Labour Party will perform. The result is expected to be close, and if a Labour Party coalition is elected, it will mean the end of seventeen years of rule by Prime MInister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. However, the Fijian elections were marred by violence in Suva today.

9Worldwatch It has been alleged that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been involved in smuggling drugs into the United States as part of the illegal operation to supply weapons to Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

10Worldwatch United States President Ronald Reagan and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney have completed their talks in Ottawa with a broad agreement on trade, but little progress on other matters of concern to both nations. Canada's primary concern is acid rain, but President Reagan is playing down its severity. What is acid rain and how serious a problem is it?

11Worldwatch It has been revealed that five Royal cousins were admitted to the same psychiatric hospital on the same day more than forty years ago. Two of the five women are nieces of the Queen Mother.

12Worldwatch in Brief 1. Israel's President Herzog has become his country's first Head of State to visit West Germany. Although this visit went some way towards erasing the pain of the Holocaust, Herzog made it clear that Germany and Israel could never have "normal" relations. 2. Pope John Paul II visited a prison in Chile before being farewelled by President Pinochet. He is now in Argentina.

13Worldwatch Pope John Paul II is currently visiting Argentina , which is very different to the Argentina he visited in 1982, when it was embroiled in the Falklands War. A look at Argentina's struggling democracy.

14Worldwatch A look at the Falklands War from the point of view of Robert Lawrence, a young English soldier who received serious injuries in the conflict.